Choice, Behavioural Economics and Addiction
Contributors: Nick Heather (Editor); Rudy E. Vuchinich (Editor)
Publisher: Pergamon
Published: November 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780080440569
Subjects: Behavioural theory (Behaviourism); Drug addiction & substance abuse; Social aspects; Mental Health; Compulsive behavior; Substance abuse; Self-Help; Psychology; Psychopathology - Addiction; Psychiatry - General; Substance Abuse & Addictions - General; Medical : Psychiatry - General; Motivation (Psychology); Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology; Psychology : Psychopathology - Addiction; Self-Help / Substance Abuse; Clinical Psychology; Choice (Psychology); Congresses; Economic aspects
First sentence: The key challenge for any theory of addiction is to explain why an individual would continue a behaviour pattern of excessive consumption when that pattern produces a variety of sometimes extremely negative consequences of which he or she is aware.